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TREPID
Definition of TREPID
adjective
Timid, timorous, fearful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
TREPID carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Timid; timorous.
Trembling from fear or terror; quaking: opposed to intrepid.
adjective
Trembling; quaking.
adjective
timid by nature or revealing timidity
“in a timorous tone”
Where it comes from
From Latin trepidus (“anxious”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
TREPID in a sentence
“Executives in financial services and technology are the most cutthroat in collecting intelligence about competitors, while pharmaceutical executives and government officials are the most trepid, according to a recent survey.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TREPID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TREPID starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of TREPID. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TREPID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found TREPID?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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